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Islamic scholars criticize bin Laden's sea burial

news.yahoo.com • Mon 2011 May 2, 2:33pm

Muslim clerics said Monday that Osama bin Laden's burial at sea was a violation of Islamic tradition that may further provoke militant calls for revenge attacks against American targets. Although there appears to be some room for debate over the burial — as with many issues within the faith — a wide range of senior Islamic scholars interpreted it as a humiliating disregard for the standard Muslim practice of placing the body in a grave with the head pointed toward the holy city of Mecca. Sea burials can be allowed, they said, but only in special cases where the death occurred aboard a ship.

Can US Offer Final Proof Of Osama's Death?

uk.news.yahoo.com • Mon 2011 May 2, 2:32pm

US officials have said DNA testing has proved the al Qaeda leader was killed in a villa in Pakistan. They have also identified him by facial recognition. But photographs of Bin Laden after his reported death have not been released. Also, reports have suggested that Saudi Arabia was asked to take his body - but refused to do so. The fact his body was buried at sea has so far only added to the speculation, although as a Muslim, he had to be laid to rest as quickly as possible.

Captured on Twitter: Raid against Osama bin Laden

ca.news.yahoo.com • Mon 2011 May 2, 2:31pm

In the early hours of Monday, Sohaib Athar reported on Twitter that a loud bang had rattled his windows in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, adding that he hoped it wasn't "the start of something nasty. A few hours later Athar posted another tweet: "Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it."

U.S. team's mission was to kill bin Laden, not capture

reuters.com • Mon 2011 May 2, 2:30pm

The U.S. special forces team that hunted down Osama bin Laden was under orders to kill the al Qaeda mastermind, not capture him

Getting Osama bin Laden: How the mission went down

politico.com • Mon 2011 May 2, 1:04pm

The helicopter carrying Navy SEALs malfunctioned as it approached Osama bin Laden's compound... The special forces put bombs on the crippled chopper and blew it up, then lifted off in a reinforcement craft...